Re: A Tale of a Meme: ³Arabian Song²

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 18 2001 - 15:23:03 GMT

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Subject: Re: A Tale of a Meme: ³Arabian Song²
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    Hi William Benzon -

    >Where did Armstrong learn this lick?

    >we must remember that [jazz players] spontaneity draws on a large
    >body of well-practiced licks and routines.

    Look to the children for this enduring and well-known 'lick'. (Although,
    in my own case, I'd have to hear it before I knew if I recognized it or
    what it was....)

    In specific, look to jump-roping songs, and look more to the girls of the
    tribes.

    - Wade

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